Configure a virtual wire using two ports that operate
at the same speed, whether they are both copper, both fiber optic,
or one copper and one fiber optic.
Different firewall models provide various numbers of
copper and fiber optic ports, which operate at different speeds.
A virtual wire can bind two Ethernet ports of the same type (both
copper or both fiber optic), or bind a copper port with a fiber
optic port. By default, the
Link Speed of
copper ports on the firewall is set to
auto,
which means the firewall automatically negotiates their speed and
transmission mode (
Link Duplex). When you
Configure
Virtual Wires, you can also select a specific
Link
Speed and
Link Duplex but the
values for these settings must be the same for both ports in any
single virtual wire.
